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SCUTELLATE
Etymology
Adjective
scutellate (comparative more scutellate, superlative most scutellate)
(botany) saucer-shaped
(zoology) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella, as in certain birds.
Synonyms
• scutellated
Source: Wiktionary
Scu"tel*late, Scu"tel*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.
2. Etym: [See Scutellum.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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